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Main Entry: 1an·i·mate
Etymology: Middle English animate
"alive," from Latin animatus
(same meaning), derived from anima
"soul, breath" --related to ANIMAL
--see Word History
having life : ALIVE2 : ANIMATED
- an·i·mate·ly adverb
- an·i·mate·ness nounWord History
The same Latin word anima
meaning "breath, soul" that gave us animal
has given us other words. The English adjective animate
meaning "alive" comes from the Latin verb animare
meaning "to give life to," which in turn came from anima.
A characteristic of animals is their ability to move about. When a cartoon is drawn and filmed in such a way that lifelike movement is produced, we say it is animated.
film seems to have a life of its own.